https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/hpux-accounting-over-head/m-p/3495433#M215725 Gathering and checkpointing the accounting data puts a negligible additional load onto the system (1-3%) but the statistical scripts that run daily or weekly can have a noticeable effect so they should be scheduled to run during off-peak times. Note that these accounting records are written upon each process termination so something like a find . -exec {} could write thousands of records over a short period of time although the additional per process overhead is still small.<BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /> Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:21:26 GMT A. Clay Stephenson 2005-03-01T15:21:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/hpux-accounting-over-head/m-p/3495432#M215724 We are considering turning on process accounting to collect data for a product called OpenIT. Can someone tell me in general what the over head for process accounting would be on a per cpu basis on a 80% capacity box. I know there is no formula, but others experiences and best practises are very important to prevent overload of the server. We run 3440 4 way and 5470's Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:08:53 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/hpux-accounting-over-head/m-p/3495432#M215724 Mark Killen 2005-03-01T15:08:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/hpux-accounting-over-head/m-p/3495433#M215725 Gathering and checkpointing the accounting data puts a negligible additional load onto the system (1-3%) but the statistical scripts that run daily or weekly can have a noticeable effect so they should be scheduled to run during off-peak times. Note that these accounting records are written upon each process termination so something like a find . -exec {} could write thousands of records over a short period of time although the additional per process overhead is still small.<BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /> Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:21:26 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/hpux-accounting-over-head/m-p/3495433#M215725 A. Clay Stephenson 2005-03-01T15:21:26Z